Papers by Ahmed Al-Hawtali
Scientific Journal Of Seiyun University, 2025
This study attempts to explore various linguistic, cultural, literary, motivational, and instruct... more This study attempts to explore various linguistic, cultural, literary, motivational, and instructional challenges that EFL students face at Seiyun University. When teaching some poems in English classrooms, students encounter these challenges and find it difficult to analyzing them. In spite of using certain techniques in poetry classroom, students often complain of deep engagement with the poetic texts. The study surveyed 135 students using a validated, five-dimension questionnaire and analyzed responses using SPSS. Based on the study, the statistical results indicated that instructional and pedagogical challenges come foremost, closely followed by cultural and contextual barriers and language-related difficulties. Besides, literary analyses of poetic devices were prominent, whereas personal motivation was the least significant factor. The most cognitive obstacles were related to figurative language, cultural contexts, and unfamiliar structures in poetic texts. Gender differences were not statistically significant, suggesting that challenges affected the individuals regardless of demographic group. The study recommends the urgent need for updating instructional approaches, incorporating culturally responsive support to develop poetry literacy through more engaging, student-centered techniques. Significantly, the study provides new insights in curriculum developers, language instructors, and policymakers to boost a superior responsibility of literature in EFL settings.
The Literary Cartography of East Africa in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Paradise: A Study through Critical Cartography and Postcolonial Spatial Theory, 2025
The relationship of literature and geography has emerged as an important area for understanding h... more The relationship of literature and geography has emerged as an important area for understanding how colonial powers mapped and controlled territories, yet limited research examines how postcolonial literature functions as countercartography, challenging imperial spatial epistemologies. Gurnah's Paradise offers a compelling analysis of literary cartography, reconstructing late nineteenth-century East African trade networks that European colonialism systematically erased. This study employs qualitative literary analysis grounded in critical cartography, postcolonial spatial theory, and literary cartography to examine how the novel maps pre-colonial caravan routes, documents German railway infrastructure as spatial violence, and preserves indigenous geographic knowledge through placenames, stopping stations, and merchant navigation strategies. These frameworks interrogate maps as instruments of power, analyse colonial spatial restructuring, and examine how literary texts preserve and contest geographic knowledge. Close textual reading identifies explicit cartographic elements, including route descriptions, directional movements, and geographic terminology. Findings reveal that Paradise functions as a modern counter-mapping preserving African spatial agency. Future research should examine other postcolonial literary cartographies recovering marginalised geographic epistemologies across diverse colonial contexts.
Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, Feb 15, 2014
This paper examines the national identity and sense of belonging of the Yemeni migrants in Ethiop... more This paper examines the national identity and sense of belonging of the Yemeni migrants in Ethiopia as portrayed in Mohammad Abdul-Wali's They Die Strangers (1971). Using the theoretical discussions of Adnan
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Papers by Ahmed Al-Hawtali